TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing field education of social work in Mainland China
T2 - perspectives from students and faculty members
AU - Liu, Meirong
AU - Sun, Fei
AU - Zhang, Zhaoyu
AU - Jiang, Guohe
AU - Marsiglia, Flavio F.
AU - Pantovich, Tiahna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - As part of the CSWE-China Collaborative, this article reports the outcomes of collaborative effort among two U.S. social work programmes and their partner schools in central China. It examines the challenges in social work field education through an indigenous perspective and offers suggestions through a cross-cultural lens. Using a mixed-method approach, we explored the perspectives of students and faculty members in central China. The survey included 200 students and 72 faculty members, and one focus group was conducted with eight faculty members. The identified challenges included low preparedness among students, lack of supportive resources from schools, unavailability of qualified supervisors and internship agencies and lack of environmental support. The solutions included providing students with orientations and ongoing support, enhancing faculty competencies, strengthen school-agency connections and implementing initiatives to increase the status of social work as a profession through evidence- and valued based social work practice.
AB - As part of the CSWE-China Collaborative, this article reports the outcomes of collaborative effort among two U.S. social work programmes and their partner schools in central China. It examines the challenges in social work field education through an indigenous perspective and offers suggestions through a cross-cultural lens. Using a mixed-method approach, we explored the perspectives of students and faculty members in central China. The survey included 200 students and 72 faculty members, and one focus group was conducted with eight faculty members. The identified challenges included low preparedness among students, lack of supportive resources from schools, unavailability of qualified supervisors and internship agencies and lack of environmental support. The solutions included providing students with orientations and ongoing support, enhancing faculty competencies, strengthen school-agency connections and implementing initiatives to increase the status of social work as a profession through evidence- and valued based social work practice.
KW - Field education
KW - challenges
KW - competencies
KW - indigenous
KW - international collaboration
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U2 - 10.1080/17525098.2021.1923402
DO - 10.1080/17525098.2021.1923402
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106269298
SN - 1752-5098
VL - 14
SP - 324
EP - 341
JO - China Journal of Social Work
JF - China Journal of Social Work
IS - 3
ER -